The KICK ME Saga - Part Three

 Day 5:

Forgotten what the particulars were, but the following day, Karen Lipps, is now playing Tammy.

End of first 'week' of shoot - have not made our days out of the gate, and doing the math, it strongly appears that we're not going to finish shooting on schedule unless drastic things are done. This has been mentioned to the AD pretty much every day. This also ends up being Jason's last day, the Bermuda Club and RV scenes are the only sequences he shot in the final film.

Karen Lipps - Tammy (Eladio's wife)

Josh Tolley - Eladio

The KICK ME Saga - Part Two

 Day 4:

Eric Logan - Ro-Tel

Jerimiah Rozzo (R.I.P. 2021) - Mr. Peacock

Eric and Tabitha Tremi (SFX makeup; Art Dept.)

Miguel Alveres - Club Security

And then there's this (not my video)

Ahem.

I had completely forgotten that a different actress was Tammy (Eladio's wife) originally. Debra Michel is the name on the call sheet.

Angel Estuardo Lemus Perez - Delberto

 

 

 Emily Herold

Tony O.

Kevin Mullin (Key Grip); Andrew Wegst (Electrician/Gen Op.)

The KICK ME Saga - Part One

 On my Facebook page for the past week, I've been posting pics from a movie now making the festival rounds called KICK ME - shot in Kansas City KS in 2012, with some reshoots taking place 1 1/2 - 2 years later. Hired as the script supervisor, I lasted 14 days into a 30 day shoot - well nights, as most of  the action was to take place in a single night. I demanded that my name get taken off the film, which was honored.

The film got finished, premiered at the Another Hole In The Head Film Festival in San Francisco, CA in Dec. 2022 and had its Kansas City premiere at the Kansas City International Film Festival, March 2023.

What follows are pics & vids from the 14 days I was involved in the film.

Day 1:

I was originally cast as Luthor's Father - Sean Hill (Luthor's Mother) is still in the film, but she's not clearly seen. Walter Coppage was cast in the reshoots and the film is much better for it.

Sean Hill

The script described family pictures on the wall, so the photos are actual family photos from Sean's & my family.

Day 2:

 

Ramone Armstrong (R.I.P. 2020) - Luthor

Gary and Jason Cantu, who was the first DP. If you've read the FILMMAKER MAGAZINE interview, there's a darkly amusing anecdote Gary tells about hiring him. It makes a great story...
Anyway - he was hired last minute, so he probably was not Gary's first choice.

Continuity on Santiago

Patti Myers - Blitz's Mom

This sequence was reshot later on after DPs changed. Note Santiago's shirt - his wardrobe got changed to what's now in the film.

Day 3:

Jason Cantu and Emily Herod (DIT/2nd AC)

Chris Durr (maybe? - 1st AC, Kyle Garrison II (with beard - 1st AD & Gary's cousin), Jason Cantu, Emily Herold

Betsy Gran - Betsy (also co-writer, producer)

 

 

Tony O. - Lead Gaffer

 

When Santiago runs into Betsy - original version.